Mr. and Mrs. Stranger headed out West for a jam-packed weekend, attending the Independent Spirit Awards and other festivities around the Oscars. Here are some souvenirs.
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Me with the one and only Werner Herzog. He remembered meeting my father a few years back and insisted that I take this photo for Jack.
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Josh Braun of Submarine Entertainment sharing a laugh with Diane Weyerman of
Participant Media at the Independent Spirit Awards.
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Filmmaker Laura Poitras (MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY) with Cara Mertes of the
Sundance Institute at the Independent Spirit Awards.
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Film producer Chiemi Karasawa (
THE BETRAYAL – nominated for both an Independent Spirit Award and Oscar) with boyfriend Jared Gibson at the IFC party that followed the Spirit Awards.
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Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (SUPER SIZE ME, WHERE IN THE WORLD IS OSAMA BIN LADEN) and Matt Dentler of Cinetic Media at the IFC party.
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L to R: Yung Chang (director of
UP THE YANGTZE, nominated for a Spirit Award), producer John Christou (UP THE YANGTZE), James Marsh (director of
MAN ON WIRE – nominated for a Spirit Award and an Oscar – went on to win the Oscar!) and filmmaker Laura Poitras (MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY – nominated for a Spirit and Oscar in 2007).
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L to R: Doug Jones (senior programmer of the
Los Angeles Film Festival), Rachel Rosen (Director of Programming for LAFF), filmmaker and blogger AJ Schnack (
All These Wonderful Things), Thom Powers, Laura Poitras, and producer Shirley Moyers (KURT COBAIN: ABOUT A SON)
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L to R: Tia Lessin (director of Oscar nominee
TROUBLE THE WATER), Marina Zenovich (director of ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED), Carl Deal (director of TROUBLE THE WATER), and Aneetha Rajan (who worked with Carl and Tia on BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE) at the HBO pre-Oscars party.
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Thom Powers and Margaret Brown, director of
ORDER OF MYTHS which won the Truer Than Fiction Award (presented at the Film Independent’s Spirit Awards)
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Lucy Walker (director of DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND and BLINDSIGHT) with producer Eddie Schmidt (
THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED) at the HBO party the night before the Oscars.
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On Oscars night, Thom Powers and director Amir Bar-Lev (MY KID COULD PAINT THAT) looking very dapper in their tuxes at the Four Seasons hotel after-party.
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After a long day of Oscar excitement, a very elegant Carl Deal and Tia Lessin.